Why is child abuse still an issue?
Child Welfare League of America: Child Welfare: Child Protec… State officials tell us they are ill-equipped to handle the range of concerns abused and neglected children and their families experience. Their limited resources go to the most serious cases of maltreatment, while other families with less serious problems receive little, if any, attention. Families where there is abuse and neglect experience a range of social and health problems. Most states site parental alcohol and drug abuse as their most pervasive child safety concern.